lunate
English
Etymology
From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).
Adjective
lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)
- Shaped like a crescent.
- a lunate beak
Noun
lunate (plural lunates)
- (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
- (anatomy) The lunate bone
Derived terms
- lunated
- lunate bone
Anagrams
- eluant
Italian
Adjective
lunate
- feminine plural of lunato
Anagrams
- lanute, talune
Latin
Verb
lūnāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of lūnō
References
- lunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- lunate in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016